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How a Physicist, a Singer, and an Ordinary Houseplant Can Give Us Hope for a Better World
"How a Physicist, a Singer, and an Ordinary Houseplant Can Give Us Hope for a Better World" A Zoom Presentation with the Art and Stories of Brother Mickey McGrath October 25, 2023 Online at 7pm - 8:30pm EDT View the flyer. Register here. Albert Einstein, an immigrant Jew who escaped Nazi Germany, witnessed first-hand the rampant racism of the United States and was vocal in his condemnation of it. His creative talents as a musician helped him nurture a deep…
Find out more »Teilhard’s Cosmic Images
"Teilhard’s Cosmic Images" With Kathleen Duffy, SSJ November 10-12, 2023 Nazareth Retreat Center 134 Main Street Nazareth, KY 4004 Contact: nazarethretreatcenter@scnky.org or 502-348-1513 View the flyer. Today, when so much of the evolutionary process is being explained from a materialistic view, one of the most challenging questions for believers is how to envision the role of the Divine in the ongoing creation. Contemporary mystics have discovered powerful images that address this dilemma. In particular, Jesuit Pierre Teilhard de Chardin speaks eloquently on the Cosmic Christ…
Find out more »Teilhard in NY: The Meaning of Exile
“Teilhard in NY: The Meaning of Exile” With Tracy Higgins November 15, 2023 Online at 7pm EST View the flyer. Register here. In this lecture, Tracy Higgins will share details of Teilhard’s last four years in New York: his medical condition, his psychological state from a Jungian perspective, and his experience of exile. She will refer not only to Teilhard’s letters but also to observations from witnesses that are not readily accessible to most readers. It might be helpful to read…
Find out more »Growing in Radiance with Teilhard de Chardin
“Growing in Radiance with Teilhard de Chardin” February 9-11, 2024 With Kathleen Duffy, SSJ Francis House of Prayer 84 Walnford Road Allentown, NJ 08501 View the flyer. Register here. One of the most important capacities for those of us who wish to live a truly mystical life is the ability to see. Openness to the other and to the many sensations in our immediate surroundings deepens our ability to access the radiance of Matter’s inner face as well as our…
Find out more »Evidence of our Spiritual Core, Freud, Maya, and the Omega Point
"Evidence of our Spiritual Core, Freud, Maya, and the Omega Point" With Dr. Calvin Chatlos February 20, 2024 Online at 7pm ET Register here. Recent research demonstrates healing characteristics of a Spiritual Core similar to that opened with psychedelic research, but without drugs. Description of its characteristics and connections with Freud and the unconscious, Jung and the collective unconscious, the Veil of Illusion of Maya, and Teilhard de Chardin’s Omega Point will be discussed. A framework to access this Core…
Find out more »Minor Miracles: The Making of the Film Teilhard: Visionary Scientist
“Minor Miracles: The Making of the Film Teilhard: Visionary Scientist” March 20, 2024 Online at 7:00-8:30pm ET Register here. A television biography of Teilhard de Chardin will begin appearing on PBS stations on Easter Sunday, or shortly thereafter. The drama of Teilhard’s life is complemented by the 13-year saga of the making of the film, and the series of improbabilities that made it possible. Frank and Mary Frost, producers of the documentary, tell stories and welcome questions.
Find out more »Exploring Wonder in Intellectual Conversation with Mags Blackie
"Exploring Wonder in Intellectual Conversation" With Mags Blackie April 2, 2024 7pm ET Register here. "As an academic and a spiritual director, I have found myself using some of the techniques of spiritual direction in conversations with my colleagues. In this talk, I explore the ways that paying attention to wonder can facilitate intellectual conversation." Mags Blackie holds PhDs in Chemistry and Education. She is also the author of Rooted in Love: Integrating Ignatian spirituality into daily life and The Grace…
Find out more »A Vision of Our Future Earth: Teilhard de Chardin and Thomas Berry
“A Vision of Our Future Earth: Teilhard de Chardin and Thomas Berry” With Andrew Del Rossi, ThD April 20, 2024 10am - 2pm Daylesford Abbey 220 S. Valley Rd Paoli, PA 19301 Register here. Join us on Saturday, April 20 as we celebrate our Common Home and Mother Earth. Guided by meditations from mystic scientist and priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and priest and “ecologian” Thomas Berry, we will spend time in nature to pray, reflect, be in silence, and…
Find out more »American Teilhard Association Annual Event with John Philip Newell
"American Teilhard Association Annual Event 2024 with John Philip Newell" June 1, 2024 Zoom and In-Person Retreat Available! Click here to register. Join Sr. Kathleen Duffy, SSJ and the American Teilhard Association as we welcome John Philip Newell on Zoom as the featured speaker for our 2024 Annual Event! You can register to join us from anywhere in the world, but we have also developed an option that will allow those of us who can to join at Daylesford…
Find out more »Teilhard’s Cosmic Images Of God
"Teilhard’s Cosmic Images Of God" June 9-13, 2024 With Kathleen Duffy, SSJ, PhD Villa Maria Education and Spirituality Center 2067 Evergreen Road Villa Maria PA 16155 Register here. During this retreat, we will read together several passages from Teilhard’s mystical essays using a Lectio Divina style, explore their relevance to the concerns of today’s world, and contemplate the presence of Divine Love at the heart of our ever-expanding Cosmos.
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